The first time that I was on Doc was in the summer of 1977 on Baker Range at China Lake where I was working. I crawled through Doc and took ~ 5 photographs that were forwarded to the CAF. The second time that I was on Doc was on July 9, 2023 (46 years later). I spent ~30 minutes in the Bombadier’s seat while flying over Wichita. I got closure on a big event in my life. Thank you so much to those that restored this aircraft and to those that arranged for me to fly on Doc almost a half century later!

What a lucky little boy !!!

Thankyou from an RAF vet.

Wow! Nice footage of the flight engineer "running up" the engines. Something you seldom see. Thanks for sharing!

The young fella up front has a moment of his life that will last forever , good for him .

The C-47, "That's All, Brother" was the lead Skytrain for the first parachute drop into Normandy on D-Day. It is a very significant aircraft.

I've gotta try and get this done for my dad to ride. My grandfather was either the engineer or the radio operator in one of those planes

Thank you for this.

in 1980 i was a member of the Carolinas Wing Confederate Air Force i was lucky enough to ride in upper gunner position on B-29 FiFi as we flew in formation with B24 Diamond Lil from Charlotte NC to Columbia SC

Very cool, great job on the restoration!!!

My first flight was in a converted C47 to a passanger plane (West Coast Airways from KHQM) about 1957. I fell in love with WW2 era aircraft then and suspect this young boy is starting a similar romance of his own after this flight.

Absolutely fantastic. What a ride the kid had. Bet he remembers that for the rest of his life. Wouldn’t be easy to sit there with that view beneath your feet.

Wow! That was a really great video! Thanks so much for making and sharing and thanks for not adding any music as well!

Same exact seat I rode in on Doc... I think it's the best seat in the house, especially if you want to see ALL the cockpit action, and still have great access to windows, etc.

From the UK.

amazed at how much input the pilot has to put in the controls and how slowly the airplane was to react. What an amazing airplane though!

Greetings from middle Europe....very nice video. So nice to view big plane...!!! thank you!

Cool. I got the cockpit seat in a 2020 flight in Wichita. It’s incredible.

My grandfather was a navigator in a B29 in 1951-52 during the Korean War. 34 B29s were lost during the Korean War. He just died last year in 2022 at the age of 93. He narrowly missed fighting in ww2 as he was just a few years too young. He was 16 when WW2 ended, born in 1929. I have his field bag consisting of a small tent, a sleeping bag, a water canteen, and a pocket knife. Never been washed and still has some Korean dirt on it. It is so brittle, the fabric is starting to fall apart.

Thank you for sharing Tom. One heck of a ride!